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Yankees retired numbers and the baseball legends who wore them
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Lou Gehrig Day June 2 to raise ALS awareness
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A number of nuggets about retired numbers around the Major League
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Lou Gehrig – CMG Worldwide
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Every MLB team's retired numbers
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Yankees retired numbers
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History of retired numbers dates back to Lou Gehrig Day
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History of retired numbers dates back to Lou Gehrig Day
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List of Major League Baseball retired numbers - Wikipedia
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History of retired numbers dates back to Lou Gehrig Day
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia
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Washington Rush Baseball - DID YOU KNOW? Lou Gehrig's #4 was the first jersey number ever retired. The Yankees retired the Iron Horse's iconic number on July 4, 1939 -- the same
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An Awful Lot to Live For”: Lou Gehrig's Final Season in the News – The Unwritten Record